Poisons Amendment (Supply by IVF Clinic Nurses) Regulations 2005
I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Poisons Act 1971 .
26 April 2005W. J. E. COX
Governor
By His Excellency's Command,
D. E. LLEWELLYN
Minister for Health and Human Services
These regulations may be cited as the Poisons Amendment (Supply by IVF Clinic Nurses) Regulations 2005 .
These regulations take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.
In these regulations, the Poisons Regulations 2002 are referred to as the Principal Regulations.
4. Regulation 61 amended (Minister's authorisation for possession and supply of restricted substances)
Regulation 61 of the Principal Regulations is amended as follows:(a) by omitting from paragraph (c) "practice." and substituting "practice;";(b) by inserting the following paragraph after paragraph (c) :(d) where the registered nurse is employed in an in-vitro fertilisation clinic approved by the Secretary and the nurse is acting in accordance with the instructions of a medical practitioner.
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 4 May 2005
These regulations are administered in the Department of Health and Human Services.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the regulation)
These regulations amend the Poisons Regulations 2002 by authorising the Minister to permit registered nurses employed in approved in-vitro fertilisation clinics to supply certain restricted substances to patients in accordance with the instructions of a medical practitioner.